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Faster Than You Think
"For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish -- that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder." 2 Corinthians 12:20Some things are fast.The...
How to Understand Polish: The Witness, Part 17
"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them... When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken." (Acts 2: 4,6 NIV)When the Holy...
What Speech Reveals
"The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences." Proverbs 18:21 NLT I never know what will come out of my oldest grandson's mouth.Near the beginning of summer, he developed a case of strep throat. My wife and I noticed a rash on...
What Speech Says
The tongue has no eraser, and mine just wrote a gang of words I wished I could expunge.I was new to the local town, having temporarily moved back in with my parents while I searched for employment. One of the area's popular attractions on Saturday morning was the...
Do you Speak in Tongues? Devotions From the Psalms (98:4-6)
"Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn-- shout for joy before the LORD, the King." (Psalm 98:4-6,...
Mercy From Heaven: Hope in the Distance, Part 21
When Naomi arrived in Bethlehem, she said: "Don't call me Naomi; call me bitter." (Ruth 1: 20, MSG)This may seem a strange thing to say, but even though the two women had made it back to Bethlehem safely, Naomi knew their troubles were far from over. Let's remember...
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